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Originally Posted by mynamy1
Hi Brian, not sure since when you learn Japanese? Do you remember the several first time in Japan, when being called "gaizin"? Well, nothing wrong with it because you're a gaizin to the Japanese!.
Both words gai and zin are Chinese! Gai means outsider, and Zin means person. All I try to say is the Chinese influence to her neighbor counties is real and deep rooted into our culture. The Japanese accepted this fact and know very well the origin of kanji. It was the Korean and Vietnamese that get screwed here.
Go ahead and ask your wife, how many Kanji she mastered before college? MA Le
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